Band lamp and torch support



produces an unsteady light.

UNITED STATES FFICE.

JAMES S. GONIVELL, OF EVANSION, ILLINOIS.

BAND LAMPAND TORCH SUPPORT.

SPECIPICATIQN forming partof Letters l Pat ent No. 295,982, dated April 1, 1884-.

Application filed November 28, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMEs S. CONWELL, a resident of Evanston, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Band Lamp and Torch Supports, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, sufficient to enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,

reference being had'to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a more practical means for carrying band and other lamps or torch es without interfering with the free use of the hands and arms.

Heretofore lamps and torches designed for use by musicians, miners, and organizations havebeen attached to and supported by staves or the head-gear of the wearer. In the case of musicians this latter method is disadvantageous, as the slightest movement of the head These objections have been obviated in 'my invention, which consists of certain features of construction hereinafter described, illustrated, and specifically setforth in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective of a band lamp and torch support constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a modified construction of the same. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are modifications of details hereinafter described. Fig. 6 is a side view of a band-lamp. Fig. 7 is a front view of same lamp in detail embodying my invention.

A represents the body of the lamp or torch, which may be of any suitable conformation,

provided with brackets G, which are perfoy are provided with suitable means, such as a rated or otherwise adapted for connection with 40 the supporting rods B, connected with or formed as portions of shoulder-straps D, which strap or straps, E and F, to secure the shoulder-straps firmly upon the shoulders of the wearer or user. i

Brepresents a reflector adapted for use in connection with my invention.

By the construction of the parts thus far described it will be seen that a lamp may be supported above the head of a person without re quiring the use of his hands, and I do not restrict myself to any particular construction of the details, but deem the unauthorized use of the principal elements-that is to say, the shoulder-straps, the supporting-rods, and a lamp, with or without the reflector B, adapted to be supported thereby-as an infringement of myrights.

As clearly illustrated in the drawings, the

shoulder-straps D and the supporting-rods B may be formed of separate pieces and screwed together, as at b, or otherwise secured together; or they may be formed of one piece of material, as shown in Fig. 2, of a'wire bent or twisted upon itself to form the supporting rods B, with an eye, 57, at the upper end of each, and curved at the lowerend of each toform the shoulder-straps D, and these may be each bent to form one or more loops, (l, for the retaining strap or straps E and F 5 or, as shown in Fig. 1, the straps E and F may be riveted to the shoulder-straps D, as at 0, instead of forming the loop d.

In the construction shown in Fig. 2, the brackets O are formed as trunnions. In Fig. 1 the brackets O are secured rigidly to the lamp-body, and are perforated vertically for the reception of the supporting-rods B, and

are provided with set-screws a, whereby the connected with the supporting-rods B, while in Figs. 2 and 4 the lamp oscillates.

In Fig. 3 is shown a modification of my 111-- vention in which the brackets Cl and the inclosing-ring O, in which the lamp Arests, are formed of one piece-of material and secured to the supports B by thumb-screws a.

InFig. 6 is shown a side view of a lamp designed for use in connection with my invenvention, with a reflector, B, in the form of a truncated cone, having at its smaller base, and within the same, a movable reflector, f, adapt ed to be turned by the thumb-screw e to a convenient angle. The reflector B may be attached to the lamp-frame by rivets, as at h, and slotted on top to admit of the removal of the lamp-chimney by slipping the support K a little either way; or the reflector may be formed in two parts and joined to each other and attached to the lamp-frame by thumbscrews, or in any of the ways well known in the art.

Fig. 7 shows the same lamp, A, with its reflector B attached by the brackets O to the supports B by the thumb-screws a. Such other variations in detail may be made as will suggest themselves to a skilled mechanic.

Having thus described my invention and its operation, what I claim is 1. A lamp provided with. brackets, in compiece of material, substantially as specified.

4.. The combination of the lamp A, reflector B, rods B, shoulder-straps D, and retaining o strap or straps E and F, substantially as shown and described.

JAMES S. OONWELL.

Vitnesses:

FREDERICK S. BAKER, WV LLIAM J. DONLIN. 

